Fulton Hogan and the Tauranga Airport Authority have received a commendation for the Mega Efficiency Impact Award category at the recent 2016 NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards.

The Awards, which have been running for 14 years, are the longest-standing sustainability awards in New Zealand.

The project involved designing and building a new long-term car park for Tauranga Airport Authority with a reduced environmental footprint through eco design, resourcing, logistics and construction management.

Fulton Hogan came up with a solution that used 100% recycled aggregate for the base course, from waste concrete from local businesses.

Project savings included: reduction of concrete waste, saving 1,200 tonnes of raw aggregate production and 1,200 tonnes of concrete from landfill; recharging ground water aquifers, saving approximately 6,000,000 litres of annual runoff; soy resin based drainage chambers, saving approximately 3 tonnes of concrete and plastic; and back-loading trucks and not carting from the quarry, saving 1,700kg of CO².

Pictured above: Gavin Riddle – Bay of Plenty Regional Manager, Hendrik Metz – QE Manager Bay, Mark Stirton – Contracting Manager, Michael LeRoy-Dyson and Becky Cox – SQTE Administrator.